Method and system for managing and retrieving data
First Claim
1. A method of managing and retrieving data comprising:
- receiving a first user input indicative of a request for creating a first data tag and a first value associated with the first data tag, and the first user input is indicative of a request for inserting the first data tag and the first value in a first message;
receiving the first data tag and the first value associated with the first data tag;
storing the first data tag and the first value in a database;
inserting the first data tag within a message body of the first message, the first data tag represented by a first indicium in the message body of the first message;
receiving a second user input indicative of a request for creating a second data tag and a second value associated with the second data tag, and the second user input is indicative of a request for inserting the second data tag and the second value in a second message;
receiving the second data tap and the second value associated with the first data tag;
inserting the second data tag within a message body of the second message, the second data tag represented by a second indicium in the message body of the second message;
storing the second data tag and the second value in the database;
assigning the first value to the first data tag and the second value to the second data tag in the database;
accessing any of the first indicium or the second indicium; and
retrieving data from the database in response to the accessing of any of the first indicium or the second indicium, wherein the retrieved data is the first value or the second value, whichever is a most recent value.
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Abstract
A method and a system for managing and retrieving data within an electronic mail editor and/or an application external of the electronic mail editor are provided. In conventional systems, a user needs to sieve through their e-mail messages to locate messages of a same subject and thereafter to identify a most current or his required information. In the present invention, a reference data tag is inserted in an e-mail message and is linked to tag values stored in an appropriate database. The data tag may have one or more instances inserted in other messages at different times and assigned a different data tag value at the time of insertion. The data tag may be represented by similar indicia. To retrieve a most current value among the different values, a user merely accesses any of the indicia in any of the messages.
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12 Claims
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1. A method of managing and retrieving data comprising:
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receiving a first user input indicative of a request for creating a first data tag and a first value associated with the first data tag, and the first user input is indicative of a request for inserting the first data tag and the first value in a first message; receiving the first data tag and the first value associated with the first data tag; storing the first data tag and the first value in a database; inserting the first data tag within a message body of the first message, the first data tag represented by a first indicium in the message body of the first message; receiving a second user input indicative of a request for creating a second data tag and a second value associated with the second data tag, and the second user input is indicative of a request for inserting the second data tag and the second value in a second message; receiving the second data tap and the second value associated with the first data tag; inserting the second data tag within a message body of the second message, the second data tag represented by a second indicium in the message body of the second message; storing the second data tag and the second value in the database; assigning the first value to the first data tag and the second value to the second data tag in the database; accessing any of the first indicium or the second indicium; and retrieving data from the database in response to the accessing of any of the first indicium or the second indicium, wherein the retrieved data is the first value or the second value, whichever is a most recent value. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method of managing e-mail comprising:
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receiving a first user input indicative of a request for creating a first data tag and a first value associated with the first data tag, and the first user input is indicative of a request for inserting the first data tag and the first value in a first email; receiving the first data tag and the fist value associated with the first data tag; storing the first data tag and the first value in a database; inserting the first data tag within a e-mail body of the first e-mail, the first data tag represented by a first indicium in the e-mail body of the first e-mail; receiving a second user input indicative of a request for creating a second data tag and a second value associated with the second data tag, and the second user input is indicative at a request for inserting the second data tag and the second value in a second e-mail; receiving the second data tag and the second value associated with the first data tag; inserting the second data tag within a e-mail body of the second e-mail, the second data tag represented by a second indicium in the e-mail body of the second e-mail; storing the second data tag and the second value in the database; assigning the first value to the first data tag and the second value to the second data tag in the database; accessing any of the first indicium or the second indicium in either the first or second e-mail; and retrieving data from the database in response to the accessing of any of the first indicium or the second indicium, wherein the retrieved data is the first value or the second value, whichever is a most recent value. - View Dependent Claims (12)
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